abaji Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Hello! is it possible to link a text file, in such a way as it can be with images in Resource Manager? what I need is for the text to be updated (loaded from external RTF, TXT or any other text file that is periodically corrected) each time the project is opened in Publisher Beniamino and Seweryn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 No. abaji and NúriaB 2 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abaji Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 FOREVER AND EVER? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaviCG1 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 I'm interested in this feature too. I'm using Publisher since the initial public betas were published... and since then i'm moving from other apps to affinity apps including Publisher. My 'ecosystem' is changing to affinity apps, but a reduced amount of collaborators/providers/partners, etc. don't. A real solution is they use affinity apps too, obviously... but the usual kind of collaboration, usually resides in collaborate with texts. Write/correct/change those texts... I think, linking external text files, like images, would be a really nice option to fast and intuitive workflow and to finally convince more people to adopt affinity apps as their usual design apps Best regards Beniamino, Old Bruce, Seweryn and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 1 hour ago, CreativaGrafica said: I think, linking external text files, like images, would be a really nice option to fast and intuitive workflow and to finally convince more people to adopt affinity apps as their usual design apps That would be great, here comes the 'but', as long as everyone uses the exact same styles and names. Any difference will result in a new style in the Publisher Document. Here is another 'but'... But it would be great not just really nice. Maybe we need a text editing application which would be tied to the Affinity applications. Everyone would have the simple text app to write and revise and the styles could be exported and locked by whoever is in charge of the Publisher application. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaviCG1 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 13 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: That would be great, here comes the 'but', as long as everyone uses the exact same styles and names. Any difference will result in a new style in the Publisher Document. Here is another 'but'... But it would be great not just really nice. Maybe we need a text editing application which would be tied to the Affinity applications. Everyone would have the simple text app to write and revise and the styles could be exported and locked by whoever is in charge of the Publisher application. Thank's for your answer Yes, you're in the correct way i'll dream with this feature. I understand that create new 'app' or use tied affinity app would be 'the very best' to integrate into the affinity ecosystem (provably with StudioLink)... but I understand, create that app, will occur in a long time... I suppose. The initial step... in my mind... is to use something like (tagged) rtf, or txt,... Something... basic in functions, standar to be used for everyone. It probably produce 'noise' (coded text -affinity labels- only seen in the txt editor). Philosophy of xml. imagine a file (.doc or docx, or otf...). Opened by you... resaved as .txt. to force Publisher compatibility. Then...Linked to Aff. publisher. In Publisher you applied styles, organize boxes, etc... (the linked file include those tags to the .txt file -with styles or text attributes information-)... I think everybody can understand an indication like: 'you can change what you want between tag <affinity> text editable </affinity> DON'T TOUCH ALL OTHER TEXT' Share file by something like dropbox, mail or what you want... There are corrections? no problem... the editor change the text. Finally you update link in Publisher... and voilâ . The Magic acts. I'm sure there will be -as you've said- a lot of 'but..' and 'What if...', including the obvious situation... the editor break the code There's where in the near future (i hope) affinity develop that light but powered, 'affinity text editor' with StudioLink compatibility Have a nice day!!! Old Bruce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 11 minutes ago, CreativaGrafica said: The initial step... in my mind... is to use something like (tagged) rtf, or txt,... Something... basic in functions, standar to be used for everyone. It probably produce 'noise' (coded text -affinity labels- only seen in the txt editor). Philosophy of xml. imagine a file (.doc or docx, or otf...). Opened by you... resaved as .txt. to force Publisher compatibility. Then...Linked to Aff. publisher. You and I must be related. I agree 100%. 12 minutes ago, CreativaGrafica said: (i hope) affinity develop that light but powered, 'affinity text editor' with StudioLink compatibility XaviCG1 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludovicchabant Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 On 12/4/2019 at 12:26 PM, Old Bruce said: as long as everyone uses the exact same styles and names. Any difference will result in a new style in the Publisher Document. At this point I would be super happy if Publisher could even do that when importing Word documents (apparently it's not implemented yet). Throw in support for other text editors like the OpenOffice/LibreOffice format, and that would solve my problems. There's no need for an Adobe InCopy alternative until way down the line IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewsimper Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 External linked text would be much appreciated. Seweryn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xoanthony Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 It would be great if there was a way to also support standard html tags that can be linked to the styles already created in Publisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikuk Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 I found this thread by googling "Affinity Publisher link to text" I have a need like this, too, to edit and update text externally the last minute before publishing, just like I can do with pictures! Affinity isn't very user friendly for text reviewing and editing large amounts of text. Copy and paste wouldn't work because I have no way of using page breaks or header styles or have I? If there's a solution already to this, or alternative product, please let me know, I'll follow this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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